‘’When I first visited Armenia, I wasn’t sure what to expect. But I fell in love with the country right away! Just like any other tourist, my relatives and I went to all the places-Garni, Geghard, Artsakh, etc. It was exciting for me to see the beautiful landscape and experience the authentic culture. Armenia, really, was the place that inspired’’.

"My daily routine included one more task after returning from Armenia and it was to check Armenia’s career websites in order to find a graphic designer vacancy. Meanwhile, the life in Syria wasn’t promising too much. All of my friends and relatives left the country seeking their future in Europe, Canada, United States and Armenia. My family owns a business in Damascus, it’s hard for them to leave everything behind and start from scratch. Besides, the feedback we had from Armenia was a vivid example for me to seriously consider the move and my family encouraged my endeavor. I applied for different companies, but they all refused to interview me online. So, in 2017, approximately 8 months ago I moved to live here’’.

‘’I saw the vacancy announcement on Repat Armenia’s website when I was already living in Armenia. I applied, was shortlisted and had the interview with the CEO of Aragil Ara Ohanian. He is also a repatriate. I felt very comfortable during the interview and the working environment seemed motivating. Soon I was hired and now am working with a great team full of enthusiastic and professional young people, mostly repatriates’’.

 

‘’Creativity is in Armenians blood. We don’t need to study much, although it’s an asset to have the high-quality education. Still, we have that inner taste, so we are, actually, really good at coming up with new ideas’’.